TIBET: AR rupee, Kanding mint, ND (1939-42), Y-3.3, Szechuan-Tibet trade issue, large portrait of the Chinese emperor Guang Xu with collar derived from British Indian rupee of Queen Victoria // vertical rosette at center, Chinese inscription, si chuan sheng zao ( "made in Sichuan "), branches with cusps and flowers around, a feature also derived from the reverse of British Indian rupees, countermarked numeral 5 in rectangular depression, VF. For use by the lamas of Litang Lamasery which today is located in the southwest part of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.

Estimate: USD 75-100